Gilan-e_Gharb

Gilan-e Gharb

Gilan-e Gharb

City in Kermanshah province, Iran


Gilan-e Gharb (Persian: گيلانغرب and Kurdish: Giyelan گیەڵان), also Romanized as Gīlān-e Gharb; also known as Gharb,[3] is a city in the Central District of Gilan-e Gharb County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] The city is populated by Kurds from the Kalhor tribe.[5]

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At the 2006 National Census, its population was 19,431 in 4,620 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 20,922 people in 5,504 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 22,331 people in 6,652 households.[2]

Infrastructure

Roads

The main access road is the Gilan-e Gharb-Eslamabad-e Gharb route connecting it to Kermanshah.[8][9] It is also located on the Qasr-e Shirin-Ilam road which has become a shorter route after the paving of the nawdar rural road in 2015.[10][11][12] Other routes include the Gilan-e Gharb-Sarpol-e Zahab and Gilan-e Gharb-Sumar roads.[10]


References

  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (13 July 2023). "Gilan-e Gharb, Gilan-e Gharb County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 05. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. Gilan-e Gharb can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3064347" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Bakhtran province, centered in the city of Bakhtran". Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of Farabi Mobile Library (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  5. "Gilān-e Gharb". Iran Atlas. 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  6. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 05. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 05. Archived from the original (Excel) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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